California's 20th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is represented by Democrat Liz Ortega of San Leandro.
California's 20th State Assembly district | |||
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Current assemblymember |
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Population (2020) • Voting age | 516,830 408,760 [1] | ||
Demographics |
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District profile
editThe district is located in the southern East Bay, centered on Hayward. The district is a major gateway between the Tri–Valley to the east, Silicon Valley to the south, and the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Alameda County – (30.70%)
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Election results from statewide races
editYear | Office | Results |
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2022 | Governor | Newsom 72.7 – 27.3% |
Senator | Padilla 73.7 – 26.3% | |
2021 | Recall | No 75.7 – 24.3% |
2020[2] | President | Biden 74.7 – 23.2% |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 74.8 – 25.2% |
Senator | Feinstein 58.5 – 41.5% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 75.5 – 19.1% |
Senator | Harris 69.1 – 30.9% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 76.8 – 23.2% |
2012 | President | Obama 75.7 – 22.2% |
Senator | Feinstein 78.3 – 21.7% |
List of assembly members
editDue to redistricting, the 20th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
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Dwight Hollister | Republican | January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887 | Sacramento | |
Seymour Carr | January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1889 | |||
L. H. Fassett | January 5, 1889 – December 16, 1889 | Died in office.[3] | ||
Gillis Doty | Democratic | January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893 | ||
William A. Anderson | Republican | January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895 | ||
Judson C. Brusie | January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897 | |||
William M. Sims | January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899 | |||
Grove L. Johnson | January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903 | |||
W. S. Killingsworth | Democratic | January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905 | Solano | |
Frank R. Devlin | Republican | January 2, 1905 – January 4, 1909 | ||
John Roche Cronin | January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913 | |||
Wilber C. Wall | Democratic | January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915 | San Joaquin | |
Lawrence Edwards | January 4, 1915 – January 6, 1919 | |||
Charles Lamb | Republican | January 6, 1919 – January 6, 1920 | Died in office.[4] | |
Oscar C. Parkinson | January 3, 1921 – January 8, 1923 | |||
George A. Dean | January 8, 1923 – January 5, 1925 | |||
Tom H. Louttit | January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927 | |||
Forsythe Charles Clowdsley | Democratic | January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931 | ||
Theodore McKay Wright | Republican | January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933 | Santa Clara | |
Thomas A. Maloney | January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1957 | San Francisco | ||
Phillip Burton | Democratic | January 7, 1957 – February 24, 1964 | Resigned from the Assembly after winning a special congressional election. | |
John Burton | January 4, 1965 – June 25, 1974 | Resigned from the Assembly after winning a special congressional election. | ||
Dixon Arnett | Republican | December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978 | San Mateo | |
Robert W. Naylor | December 4, 1978 – November 30, 1986 | |||
Bill Duplissea | December 1, 1986 – November 30, 1988 | |||
Ted Lempert | Democratic | December 5, 1988 – November 30, 1992 | ||
Delaine Eastin | December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994 | Alameda, Santa Clara | ||
Liz Figueroa | December 5, 1994 – November 30, 1998 | |||
John A. Dutra | December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004 | |||
Alberto Torrico | December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2010 | |||
Bob Wieckowski | December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2012 | |||
Bill Quirk | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2022 | Alameda | ||
Liz Ortega | December 5. 2022 – Present |
Election results (1992–present)
edit2022
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Liz Ortega | 23,503 | 32.20 | |
Democratic | Shawn Kumagai | 17,481 | 23.90 | |
Democratic | Jennifer Esteen | 16,211 | 22.20 | |
Republican | Joseph Grcar | 15,869 | 21.70 | |
Total votes | 73,064 | 100.00 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Liz Ortega | 68,853 | 62.20 | |
Democratic | Shawn Kumagai | 41,917 | 37.80 | |
Total votes | 110,770 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bill Quirk (incumbent) | 42,606 | 47.10 | |
Democratic | Alexis Villalobos | 19,900 | 22.00 | |
Republican | Son Nguyen | 18,410 | 20.40 | |
Democratic | Vipan Singh Bajwa | 9,463 | 10.50 | |
Total votes | 90,379 | 100.00 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Bill Quirk (incumbent) | 100,105 | 56.90 | |
Democratic | Alexis Villalobos | 75,672 | 43.10 | |
Total votes | 175,777 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bill Quirk (incumbent) | 56,762 | 99.90 | |
Republican | Joseph Grcar (write-in) | 81 | 0.10 | |
Total votes | 56,843 | 100.00 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Bill Quirk (incumbent) | 105,848 | 77.40 | |
Republican | Joseph Grcar | 30,863 | 22.60 | |
Total votes | 136,711 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bill Quirk (incumbent) | 66,526 | 77.70 | |
Republican | Luis A. Wong | 19,078 | 22.30 | |
Total votes | 85,604 | 100.00 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Bill Quirk (incumbent) | 114,001 | 74.30 | |
Republican | Luis A. Wong | 39,507 | 25.70 | |
Total votes | 153,508 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bill Quirk (incumbent) | 31,882 | 66.00 | |
Republican | Jaime Patino | 11,246 | 23.30 | |
No party preference | Luis Reynoso | 5,186 | 10.70 | |
Total votes | 48,314 | 100.00 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Bill Quirk (incumbent) | 56,144 | 71.80 | |
Republican | Jaime Patino | 22,007 | 28.20 | |
Total votes | 78,151 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bill Quirk | 17,177 | 30.30 | |
Democratic | Jennifer Ong | 14,560 | 25.70 | |
No party preference | Mark Green | 11,490 | 20.30 | |
Republican | Luis Reynoso | 10,041 | 17.70 | |
Democratic | Sarabjit Kaur Cheema | 3,397 | 6.00 | |
Total votes | 56,665 | 100.00 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Bill Quirk | 67,028 | 50.30 | |
Democratic | Jennifer Ong | 66,111 | 49.70 | |
Total votes | 133,139 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2010
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bob Wieckowski | 76,446 | 72.90 | |
Republican | Adnan Shahab | 28,460 | 27.10 | |
Total votes | 104,906 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2008
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alberto Torrico (incumbent) | 99,305 | 71.36 | |
Republican | Jeffrey Wald | 39,861 | 28.64 | |
Total votes | 139,166 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 68.16 | |||
Democratic hold |
2006
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alberto Torrico (incumbent) | 61,238 | 65.30 | |
Republican | Ken Nishimura | 32,548 | 34.70 | |
Total votes | 93,786 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 53.57 | |||
Democratic hold |
2004
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alberto Torrico | 87,724 | 68.62 | |
Republican | Cliff Williams | 40,114 | 31.38 | |
Total votes | 127,838 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2002
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John A. Dutra (incumbent) | 53,000 | 66.60 | |
Republican | Daniel L. Dow | 22,936 | 28.82 | |
Libertarian | Keith Lyon | 3,638 | 4.57 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 6,853 | 7.93 | ||
Total votes | 86,427 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2000
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John A. Dutra (incumbent) | 75,455 | 64.46 | |
Republican | Lowell King | 35,889 | 30.66 | |
Libertarian | Mark Werlwas | 5,709 | 4.88 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 13,301 | 10.20 | ||
Total votes | 130,354 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1998
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John A. Dutra | 52,132 | 57.69 | |
Republican | Jonelle Joan Zager | 38,239 | 42.31 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 10,068 | 10.02 | ||
Total votes | 100,439 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1996
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Liz Figueroa (incumbent) | 70,130 | 61.30 | |
Republican | Anthony R. Smith | 44,270 | 38.70 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 12,636 | 9.95 | ||
Total votes | 127,036 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1994
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Liz Figueroa | 47,498 | 50.04 | |
Republican | Scott Patrick Haggerty | 40,885 | 43.07 | |
Libertarian | Terry Savage | 6,538 | 6.89 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 12,027 | 11.25 | ||
Total votes | 106,948 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1992
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Delaine Eastin (incumbent) | 83,889 | 64.07 | |
Republican | Lindy G. Batara | 47,044 | 35.93 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 13,129 | 9.11 | ||
Total votes | 144,062 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Report on Final Maps - California CRC 2020 - Final Maps" (PDF). December 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ "Fassett Dies at 52". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ^ "Resolution for Charles Lamb" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.